Mourners wear red, not black, at Michael Lunn's funeral

Michael Lunn was killed at the Western Forest Products mill in Nanaimo, B.C., where he worked. The forklift driver, who would dress as Santa at Christmas, is seen here wearing his trademark red shirt. (CBC)

The mill's former plant chairman was known for his red T-shirts and his family and friends are using that fact to help turn the tragedy into something that helps others.

Longtime family friend Lynn Jacques says she will now chair the Red Shirt Foundation, an organization devoted to preventing workplace violence — an issue Lunn encountered throughout his working life.

"Michael has experienced violence and some very traumatic acts early in his career working in the forest industry, and I think he recognized that the frustrations of people can have some pretty devastating effects," Jacques said.

A member of the RCMP is seen outside the Western Forest Products lumber mill in Nanaimo, B.C., on Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Two men died and two other men were sent to hospital after a gunman opened fire at the mill that morning. (Chad Hipolito/Canadian Press)

Jacques said she expects hundreds of coworkers, union members, friends and family will opt to wear red instead of black at Lunn's funeral.

The funeral for 53-year-old Fred McEachern is also being held in Nanaimo on Saturday.

Two others were wounded in the shooting rampage.

A 47-year-old former employee of Western Forest Products, Kevin Douglas Addison, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder with a firearm connected to the sawmill shooting.